school funding

New Newsworks Column: Why a Christie Presidential Run is Good for N.J.’s Teachers’ Union

It starts here:The nation’s atwitter about a potential Republican nomination brawl between Jeb Bush and Chris Christie, as well as…

10 years ago

Local Charter School Fisticuffs: How About Collaborating Instead?

Mark Weber, aka Jersey Jazzman, just published a lengthy series of posts about charter schools in Hoboken, with a particular…

10 years ago

Another Argument Against Lock-Step Teacher Salary Guides

There are many arguments against the way we back-load teacher compensation, i.e., awarding small annual salary increases to newer teachers…

10 years ago

New NJ Spotlight Column: Ongoing Battles in NJ over Camden, Newark, PARCC Testing, and School Funding

It starts here:New Jersey’s education reform landscape has always been rocky, and 2014 was no exception, pitted with growing resistance…

10 years ago

New Newsworks Post: Throwing Money at the “Bacon” Districts Won’t Solve Their Problems

It starts here:The Education Law Center is in a rut. The ELC is an organization that describes itself as “the…

10 years ago

Trenton Public Schools Addresses Its Special Education Problems

The Trenton Times reports today that district administrators are trying to bring back more students with disabilities into district schools.…

10 years ago

New Newsworks Column: How does Asbury Park Schools Spend $30K Per Student Per Year?

It starts here:Local news agencies recently reported that Asbury Park High School (Monmouth County, New Jersey) has a 49 percent…

10 years ago

QOD: Millburn Superintendent Quits to Avoid Salary Cap

James Crisfield, superintendent of Millburn Public Schools (Essex County), explains to John Mooney that he is resigning and taking a job…

10 years ago

Guest Editorial: “New Jersey and the Myth of SFRA”

Here's an editorial by Essex County Board member Jeff Bennett on the absurdities of N.J.'s allocation of school state aid…

10 years ago

New York’s Lakewood

The Wall Street Journal and the N.Y. Times both report today on the East Ramapo school district in Rockland County,…

10 years ago